The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-09-29

10 81 belief that whatever good sofks one
does who acts 40 the servant q Christ and
a. Biz steward ssd performs we'll. he
Though dead yet speaks ] say this Of our
departed brother There srr msny ihirgs
snopg ~ BY which though being dead be
yet speaks 10 Ea There are naly iwo 10 :
dividaals. natives 81 this iowa, whose
heneiaciions CAD bear aEy comparison
9Th ihore which came 10 rs from Judge
Simmer You tBoE 70 whom allude--
Barr ADD Bnriou. Let me ssy that when
our church was erected, this new one With
which We are blcst Judge skinner claimed
the privilege OF furnishing the bell, and
not only that. Il, was not then knovn,)
bat be desired that Instead OF being con-
s,racied Of wood. and temporary in iis
oon,inuanee. 10 pay the additional expense
Of building The church Of stone that IL
might he permanent monument TO the
.orsbip Of God In this place. and though
this project was not carried out u eyiuced
has good will and great generosity. Le'
me advert 10 the bell once more When
The bell Was broken he substituted another
In its place. aud the two bells aggregated
cost Of certainly not less than two
thousand dollars He had II inscribed
Mark skinner, Thus it is that by it ''he
yet spesketb." Its sound which summons
as TO the sanctuary, whether regarded or
not, which falls upon the ears OF those
among us. says, ''come aud worship the
Lord. your Maker" And every stroke
marked upon the dial which tells each
passing hour speaks language. BY il be
yet speake,h; and what language does il
speak One hour less 10 the short period
OF our probation, prepare to meet thy
God. Time flies. " Eternity hastens. !"
aud people OF God. whatsoever thy hand
fudeth to do do with all thy might" BY
the sound Of that very bell Judge Skinner
'being dead yet speaketh." Obi that the
spirit Of God would impress the utterance
upon the hearts Of many around us that
they should hear the sound and obey it.
But | iorbear; whatever would say
more ought not. But let me address a
single word to this stricken wife and these
children. Ny friends, be thankful to God,
Let thy thanks arise to your Father in
Heaven, amid your prayers for sustaining
grace. that bis Cody example, whose
faithful and earnest counsel and whose
fervent prayers are laid up in heaven, will
be returned in blessings to thee even in
this horu OF your heavy bereavement.
Mr.. Moody spoke as follows: Before /
was born Judge Skinner left this town,
am told for Chicago. and for twenty five
years have known him. ! want TO say
| here in bis own native town that he was
one Of the few men 10 that great city who,
during the fifty years they have lived there,
have not incurred some stain upon their
character; but Judge Skinner leaves to bis
family grand legacy. do not think
there is a man in the whole city who can
bring one charge against him as Chris
tian man. My life touched bis about 25
years ago on one OF the darkest days that
ever he passed through. l was in the
morning prayer meeting. His only son
was IN the army, and there came news OF
great battle being fought and the Judge
was exceeding anxious as to the fate OF
that boy. we'll remember how he arose
with great deal Of feeling and desired us
to pray for that son. An earnest prayer
went up for that boy. | got an insight
into bis heart, and for twenty -four years
he has been like father TO me. We went
forth together from that prayer meeting.
Soon after that the news came that his
boy was MORALLY wounded, and that day
was his sons las. day on earth. During
these twenty FIVE years / have not bad a
truer, warmer, or better friend than Judge
Skinner. A young man at that time, with
ont much standing among Christian PEG
pie, was little radical in my methods Of
Christian work perhaps, but was just
starting out as Christian worker, and he
took me by the hand and heard of his
speaking kind words in many circle for
me, and no one did so much in Chicago
toward turning the tide toward the work
in which / was engaged as did Judge Skin
ner. | do not think for twenty five years
he ever refused me when have sought
him for financial help to carry on Chris
tian work 10 that city, and | feel his loss
keenly. Last winter | was four months in
Chicago while he was away from the city,
and experienced a sort OF loneliness, and
it seemed as though | missed him more
than any other one. ! beard from
Mr. Is ham that he was here and suffering
live across the mountain on the east
from here and many time have looked
over the mountains and thought OF my
suffering friend here, and have prayed
that God might be with him in his last
hour; aud | cannot say that it is day Of
mourning to me, for he is crowned; the
victory is hisl A man who can live in that
great city Of Chicago for fifty years and
not have a word Of opprobrium brought
against his character leaves a monument
that is going to be more lasting than gran.
ito or brass, and something that is going
to live. l know II he were living be would |
be ashamed to have me stand here and talk
OF him. 80 will not speak Of him more
but | will sndesvor to speak Of what ]
know he would like to hear about. There
WAS nothing that seemed to interest him
so much as to have me talk about eternal
life. Two or three conversations l had
with him Of late we're on that subject.
This morning took up my Bible and
turned over to the gospel OF John.